Smartface Platform is drag-and-drop cross-platform

Cross-platform

In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms...

 mobile application development and management tool from Mobinex, and first released on 2006. Smartface Designer, the component of Smartface Platform enables visual development of mobile applications with drag-and-drop actions and interactive wizards. Smartface Server the other component of the platform provides an application lifecycle management system, with capabilities of distributing, tracking, promoting and advertising of applications.

Smartface Designer

Smartface Designer helps visual designers to develop mobile applications, which create new revenue opportunities for mobile operators or application developer companies. It enables the creation of custom user experiences for mobile devices without having to invest in teams of high skilled developers. Smartface Designer is designed for rapid interface development across a wide range of handsets. It supports the entire development life-cycle while offering designers a fully flexible interface design environment.

Smartface Server

Smartface Server, as being the core component for Smartface Suit of products, enables managing the screen experiences in a large population of mobile devices. Built on Microsoft .NET server platform, Smartface Server manages segmented delivery of software, updates to the handsets, and manages the runtime content and data services. Smartface Enterprise Manager, which is a web based management module for Smartface Server, enables role-based management with advanced reporting capabilities.

Smartface Player

Smartface Player is a kind of layer between Smartface Application and the mobile device’s operating system. It may be considered as a Sub-Operating System, which is installed to run the Smartface Applications. During the Update process, Smartface Player is also updated. It must be noticed that Smartface Player’s version does not increase as a Smartface project’s version. When a new version is introduced in the server, it is automatically updated.

Architecture

Smartface Developer does not require programming to build mobile applications. It allows using its widgets by drag-and-drop to the development field, and assigning actions to these widgets. Smartface Developer also allows using devices resources like phone book, pictures, videos. Smartface Designer also has an built-in device simulator which simulates a mobile device for debugging and testing purposes.

Smartface Developer creates XML

XML

Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....

 based reference files and uses platform specific players(Libraries for reference files) to build mobile applications. Smartface Platform supports Symbian S60, J2ME, BlackBerry, Android(expected with version 3.0) which means Smartface Developer can create installation files for each of these platforms with every publish. Smartface Designer can either publish installation files to localhost

Localhost

In computer networking, localhost is the standard hostname given to the address of the loopback network interface. The name is also a reserved top-level domain name In computer networking, localhost (meaning this computer) is the standard hostname given to the address of the loopback network...

 or to Smartface Server. Smartface Server can deploy

Software deployment

Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use.The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. These activities can occur at the producer site or at the consumer site or both...

 these installation files, log downloads, successes, fails, and saves MSISDN info of the user. Smartface Server can also deploy non-Smartface applications, and supports deploying Windows Mobile applications. Download links are unique to users and same download link cannot be created more than once. Smartface Server deploys the applications by either sending SMS or WAP messages that contains download link of the application, or via a static-download link.

Versions

Smartface Platform's version 2.5.6, which was released on January 2011. With version 2.5.6, users can Self Sign their applications, use Touchscreen abilities, and set ETag

HTTP ETag

An ETag, or entity tag, is part of HTTP, the protocol for the World Wide Web. It is one of several mechanisms that HTTP provides for cache validation, and which allows a client to make conditional requests. This allows caches to be more efficient, and saves bandwidth, as a web server does not...

 headers for their contents. Current version 2.5.7 is released on June 2011, which added Android Platform , Symbian S60 5th Edition, Symbian^3, BlackBerry OS 6.0 support and allow using custom animations for all UI

User interface

The user interface, in the industrial design field of human–machine interaction, is the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs. The goal of interaction between a human and a machine at the user interface is effective operation and control of the machine, and feedback from the...

 components. iPhone support is expected with version 3.5 and announced to be released on late 2011.

Partners

Main partners and customers of Smartface Platform:

• Garanti Bank
  Garanti Bank
  Garanti Bank is the second largest-private bank in Turkey with US$90 billion in assets as of December 31, 2010. On November 2nd, 2010 BBVA , Spain's second largest bank, acquired 24.9% stake in Garanti Bank for $5.8 billion. Garanti provides retail, commercial, corporate and private banking...
  
  
• Kuveyt Turk
• Akbank
  Akbank
  Akbank is Turkey-based bank and was founded in Adana, Turkey on January 1948, originally to provide financing for the cotton producers in the Çukurova region. Growing and developing over time, the Bank opened its first branch in Istanbul in the district of Sirkeci on July 14, 1950, moving its...
  
  
• Deniz Bank
• BAB
• VMG
• Zain
  Zain
  -People:*as a given name in general , orwith a first name of Zain*Zain Abbas , a Pakistan-born cricketer*Zain Amat , a Singaporean trapshooter*Zain Awan , an India-born Arab TV journalist...
  
  
• Symbian
• Nokia
• BlackBerry
• Ericsson
• Turkcell
  Turkcell
  Turkcell is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul. The company has 34.1 million subscribers as of June 30th, 2011.- Company background :...
  
  

External links

• http://developer.smartface.biz
• http://developer.smartface.biz/documentation.php
• http://www.mobinex.biz